CAN – Comedy Night 2019

27th September 2019

18:30 - 21:30

£16.50

Join us at O'Neill's Leicester Square for a unique night of stand-up bringing together the UK’s very best Chinese heritage comedians. Gracing the stage will be emerging comedy stars Phil Wang, Ken Cheng, Evelyn Mok and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi.

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Featuring Phil Wang, Ken Cheng, Evelyn Mok, Alissa Anne Jeun Yi.

Join us at O’Neill’s Leicester Square for a unique night of stand-up bringing together the UK’s very best Chinese heritage comedians. Gracing the stage will be emerging comedy stars Phil Wang, Ken Cheng, Evelyn Mok and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi.

Age Guidance: this show takes place in an 18+ venue.

Phil Wang
Fresh from a sold-out run of ‘Philly Philly Wang Wang’ at Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Closing in on stand-up dreamland ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian, Brian Logan
A unique and properly funny stand-up ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times, Dominic Maxwell
A satisfying product of his brains, comic nous, and unique style ★ ★ ★ ★ Chortle, Paul Fleckney
A brightly shining stand-up star in the ascendant ★ ★ ★ ★ The List, Brian Donaldson

Ken Cheng
Fresh from a sold-out run of ‘Best Dad Ever’ at Bedlam Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe
“Smart, impressive and brilliantly funny” – Chortle
“Never less than compelling” – The Guardian
“A fiercely accomplished talent“ – The Scotsman
The Guardian’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe

Evelyn Mok
“Uncensored, unapologetic and… wildly refreshing” – ★★★★ BroadwayBaby
“Really funny, really rude, but also refreshingly honest and smart” – Graham Norton
BBC New Talent Hotlist
Time Out Comedy’s One to Watch
The Guardian’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe

Alissa Anne Jeun Yi
Alissa is a writer, performer, comedian, rapper and strong independent mixed-race British East Asian…amongst many other things. Her Edinburgh Fringe 2018 debut Love Songs (developed through the Soho Theatre) received Guardian Pick of the Fringe, was nominated for two Edinburgh comedy awards, and longlisted for the Tony Craze Award.

​Tickets:
Standard – £16.50
Reserved – £18.70

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